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Initial Thought: I must be bored to sit here and decide to watch this. I hear nothing but negatives about this movie. I guess I tend to do things for myself. I'm sure it won't be the worst thing I've ever seen.
Characters/Acting: It's too bad Keanu Reeves didn't return for this. At least we got Sandra Bullock again. Plus I think Jason Patric is pretty underrated. I am glad he is a new character instead of them trying to pass him off as the same one. Also with Willem Dafoe as a villain is good. The little deaf girl is probably my favorite character. The characters aren't bad, but they are a bit hindered by the bad script.
Story: A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seaborn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker. This is a weird plot considering how slow boats move. They could easily be moved from a collision path with no fear of going too fast. You know movies don't always follow the rules of actuality, but usually you don't really care or notice. Here everything that happens feels too falsified. It takes away from the escapism and makes you know you are just watching a crap movie. Oh that ending was so groan inducing.
Directing/Writing: I feel sorry for Jan de Bont who didn't even want to due this critically bashed film. Hell maybe that's why he made it end up so badly. Twister is my favorite of his films by far. Speed is fairly good. The rest of his films have sucked though in my opinion. Graham Yost didn't participate this time around. Randall McCormick who helped with the story isn't known for making particularly good films. He wrote two of the trash sequels in the Scorpion King series. He did do Titan A.E. though which I really enjoyed. Jeff Nathanson who scripted this is actually a really good writer. I have enjoyed everything I've seen of his so far. Some lines here made it out to be more comedy like one scene where several characters in different spots of the ship say the exact same thing.
Final Thought: As a sequel I can see why people hated it. As it's own movie it really isn't the worst thing I've seen. It is a bad corny movie though don't get me wrong. It is a bit too long for the subject it deals with. It's chock full of cliches and cheese. This is a prime example of why Hollywood shouldn't always force sequels. Especially on films that have no real ability to allow for one. Just skip this.
